The Woodcutter of Luofu
Chen Ruyan
1366
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Dimensions
- Painting: 107.2 x 53.6 cm (42 3/16 x 21 1/8 in.); Overall with knobs: 253.5 x 88.7 cm (99 13/16 x 34 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- Paintings
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
About
This landscape illustrates the traditionalism of Chinese painting: while the brush manner is novel, the composition is based on early Song dynasty (960-1127) models. The soft raveling brushstrokes and lumpy rock shapes are characteristic of the new 14th-century stylistic expression.
